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ELECTRIC SLIDE BOOTS

Pop Art Cowboy Boots Series #4

Electric Slide Boots is the fourth and final painting in my Pop Art Cowboy Boots series. These were actually a pair of cowboy boots I owned and wore, the only difference is I used white where my boots were black. The white pops more against the lavender - purple cosmic sky scape background so I took a little creative license with a favorite pair of shoes for the sake of art.

The name comes from a western dance made popular during the Urban Cowboy era called the Electric Slide - still a popular dance in cowboy bars today. I always liked the music and thought the name was a perfect fit for this illustration.

Like the other three paintings in this series (Midnight Cowboy Boots, All Dressed Up, Sunrise Sunset, Ya'll), Electric Slide Boots has a space inspired background - a recurring theme in my work over the years as a result of having been a sci-fi illustrator way back in my earlier illustration career. Painting alien skies, moon, stars & meteors is much more fun than painting ugly alien monsters as far as I'm concerned - I'll leave the monsters to Hollywood FX experts and teenage boys!

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MIDNIGHT COWBOY BOOTS

Pop Art Cowboy Boots Series #3

When I started this painting I was thinking about cowboys tuckered out from riding the range, enjoying a final cup of Cookie's coffee and toasting their toes in front of the campfire under the canopy of the night sky. Nearby were their boots, well worn and broken in from lots of wear - bent at the toes and shaped into comfortable familiarity. Anyone who's a fan of cowboy boots knows that once you get your boots to that state of comfort there's nothing as easy on a hard working foot - not even a pricey pair of sneakers.

The title came from that visualization and the cosmic boot design was from my own desire to own a pair of cowboy boots with my favorite space theme. I never found a pair of boots like that and, short of custom ordering a pair, I probably won't ever own my own pair of Midnight Cowboy (or Cowgirl in this case) Boots but at least I got some inspiration from my wish.

This is the third Cowboy Boot Pop Art in a series of four. The first two were posted the last two weeks and next Friday I'll post the last piece from the series so make sure to stop by.

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